The Shemwell Family

Bessie Miller1899

Name
Bessie Miller
Given names
Bessie
Surname
Miller
Birth 1899 26 21
Census June 5, 1900 (Age 17 months)
Birth of a brotherRobert Miller
1907 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam Miller
1909 (Age 10 years)
Census April 21, 1910 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a brotherEdward Miller
1912 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 17 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 18 years)

Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 19 years)

Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/
Census January 9, 1920 (Age 21 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMargaret Waller
March 29, 1926 (Age 27 years)
Cause: Pneumonia; influenza
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 30 years)

Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 42 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Death of a fatherRichard Franklin Miller
November 15, 1951 (Age 52 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 51 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Death of a motherMary J Alice Burrage
February 24, 1954 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 47 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Deathunknown

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father
mother
Mary J Alice Burrage
Birth: April 11, 1877 28 39Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 24, 1954Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States
elder sister
Lela Miller
Birth: November 1896 24 19North Carolina, United States
Death:
3 years
herself
9 years
younger brother
Robert Miller
Birth: 1907 34 29Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Death:
3 years
younger brother
William Miller
Birth: 1909 36 31Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Death:
4 years
younger brother
Edward Miller
Birth: 1912 39 34Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Death:
sister
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Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Richard F Miller - Household

Morgan Twp, Rowan, North Carolina, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Miller, Richard FheadWMJul187227M5NCNCNChouse carpenter
Miller, Mary AwifeWFApr187723M522NCNCNC
Miller, LeladaughterWFNov18963SNCNCNC
Miller, BessiedaughterWFSep18981SNCNCNC
Burrage, Margaretmother in lawWFApr183961WdNCNCNC

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Richard F Miller - Household

Gold Hill Twp, Rowan, North Carolina, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Miller, Richard FheadMW36M14NCNCNCagentWhitney property
Miller, Mary AwifeFW31M1454NCNCNC
Miller, LeladaughterFW13SNCNCNC
Miller, BessiedaughterFW11SNCNCNC
Miller, RobertsonMW3SNCNCNC
Miller, WilliamsonMW1SNCNCNC
Burrage, Margaretmother in lawFW 70WdNCNCNC